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Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Description:

It is one of the largest species of duck. Length can range from 56 to 76 cm (22 to 30 in), wingspan ranges from 116 to 145 cm (46 to 57 in) and weight from 1.03 to 2.9 kg (2.3 to 6.4 lb). Adults have a white head freckled with dark spots, and a pure white neck and underparts. The upperparts are glossy blue-black upperparts, with bluish and greenish iridescence especially prominent on the secondaries (lower arm feathers). The male is much larger than the female, and has a large black knob on the bill. Young birds are dull buff below and on the face and neck, with dull brown upperparts, top of the head and eyestripe. And here's an interesting nesting behavior (Wikipedia) "Females lay 7 to 15 yellowish-white eggs. Several females may lay in a single "dump nest" containing up to 50 eggs"

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5 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks Ava T-B for sharing more info, will mention this in Description

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Thanks Satyen & annorion

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

And here's an interesting nesting behavior (Wikipedia) "Females lay 7 to 15 yellowish-white eggs. Several females may lay in a single "dump nest" containing up to 50 eggs"

annorion
annorion 11 years ago

That's an interesting looking duck!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Lovely spotting!

Sachin Zaveri
Spotted by
Sachin Zaveri

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spotted on Jun 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 19, 2012

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